2020 APU Summer Gateway Program

The Gateway Program offers intensive Japanese language courses from beginner to intermediate level. APU’s multicultural environment, which cannot be found elsewhere in Japan, provides a friendly and safe environment for students who do not have any background in Japanese. You will not only expand your knowledge of Japanese and Asia Pacific cultures, but also deepen your intercultural understanding and cross-cultural communication skills by studying alongside students from over 90 countries and regions.

Critical Asian Studies Journal's Online Blog

Critical Asian Studies, a Taylor and Francis multidisciplinary academic journal, is soliciting 500-1,500-word online blog posts to for a linguistically and culturally diverse readership. With a focus on practice more than theory, the blog is now publishing posts emphasizing empirical evidence from early career scholars about emerging scholarship and research on new and critical topics infolding across Asia on the themes of research and opinion on politics, economic realities, or another critical topic in an Asian region, or reflections on fieldwork highlighting methods employed across various disciplines for research, analysis, and data collection. Deadlines for submission are on the last Friday of each month. If you would like to submit or propose a post, respond to webeditor.criticalasianstudies@gmail.com with your interest and potential topic.

LLC Pre-14th-Century Chinese: Calls for Papers

The LLC Pre-14th Century Chinese Forum would like to invite you to contribute your abstract proposals to the following sessions for MLA Annual Convention in Toronto to be held from January 7 to 10, 2021. The deadlines for panel abstract submissions are March 15th, 2020. For more information, visit here.

Grants for Experiential Learning Abroad with Operation Groundswell

Looking to travel in the summer? Operation Groundswell is offering grants alongside their experiential learning programs abroad. The deadline for summer program applications is March 20th, 2020. For more information, visit here.

National Institute for International Education Korean language program 

The Government of the Republic of Korea invites excellent students from partner countries for this short-term training program, designed to offer future global leaders with invaluable experience in Korea. Students who are interested in this program are cordially invited to apply and to make efforts to understand Korean language, education, culture and etc. by visiting www.studyinkorea.go.kr. The deadline for applications is March 20, 2020.

Call for Papers: 2020 Symposium on Language Research

The UC Davis Cluster on Language Research is pleased to announce the Seventh Annual Symposium on Language Research at UC Davis on May 22, 2020. The purpose of this symposium is to showcase current investigations on language, and to cultivate a community of language researchers from various institutions. All graduate and undergraduate students, lecturers, postdoctoral and visiting scholars currently investigating language in some capacity are encouraged to submit their research, preliminary or otherwise. The deadline for submissisons is March 27, 2020; for more information, visit here.

The Huayu Enrichment and The Taiwan Scholarships

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vancouver is promoting two opportunities to study abroad in Taiwan in order to increase cultural understanding of Taiwanese culture and society. The Huayu Enrichment Scholarship and Taiwan Scholarship are available to students interested in studying undergraduate, master, or doctoral degree programs in Taiwan. Please send your applications by March 31st, 2020.

Explore China on a Funded Trip with Gotoco!

Interested in traveling abroad this summer? Join Gotoco in China to gain a TEFL (Teaching of English as a Foreign Language) certificate and useful work experience in teaching, education and activity leadership. No prior experience in China, Chinese or teaching is required—just a passion for education and travel. Enjoy a free and funded opportunity to earn a TEFL, explore China and its diversive culture, learn some Mandarin, and taking part in fun cultural exchange activities, gaining valuable work experience and references and more! For more information visit here.

Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Announcement

Since its inception in 1991, the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) has supported more than 1,200 teaching and learning projects. And the number continues to grow. The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic has announced the projects funded in the 2020/21 TLEF round. For more information about the programs, visit here.

Chinese-English Translation and Interpretation Program (CETIP) | University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is running a summer program of Chinese-English Translation and Interpretation, covering Chinese-English-Chinese translation and interpretation, translation technologies and editing/post-editing. It is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and 2020 program dates are July 13–31, 2020. For further information on program content, costs and accommodation, please contact program manager Malcolm Williams at mwilliam@uottawa.ca or visit the summer programs webpage.